Archives For April 2008

Everybody breathes. Everybody sleeps. And everybody stresses – yes, even your yoga teacher! Stress isn’t always bad; stress actually cranks-out the necessary hormones that increase productivity. But, (here’s the kicker) only to a point! After that point of stress-benefit, it’s all down hill from there.Continue Reading…

When loved one’s engage in self-destructive behavior, our loving temptation is to point out just where they are going astray. After all, isn’t nudging/nagging/reminding/rebuking the best way to get someone to change? Obviously not or change would happen more readily because most of us have tried it and bought the t-shirt!Continue Reading…

If you think about it, really the only constant in life is change. Already today many of us have changed clothes, changed diapers, changed gears, changed stations, changed plans, and changed our mind (every woman’s prerogative.) So, with all this practice, why do we resist those other changes that could lead us to healthier, happier lives both individually and in our family systems?Continue Reading…

Through the ages are family stages. But as a parent, how do you ever stop seeing your child as just that: a child? The transition from adolescent to adulthood is full of uneasiness, on BOTH sides of the equation.Continue Reading…